Census Updates Congress on Outreach Challenges

JULY 9, 2007 – Director Charles Louis Kincannon testified at a field hearing in San Antonio, Texas. He discussed:

• How the Census Bureau will address undercounts
• The significance of partnerships and the importance of outreach
• Challenges to reaching and counting ethnic, racial and language minorities, and rural communities
• The impact of the current immigration debate on future response rates to the decennial census
• The Census Bureau’s efforts to ensure a diverse workforce, from senior managerial positions to enumerators, for the 2010 Census

Director Kincannon’s Statement